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Colorado Revised Statutes Title 10. Insurance § 10-6-128. Tax on premiums collected--exemptions--penalties

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) All captive insurance companies doing business in this state, except a disqualified insurance company, shall pay to the division of insurance an annual tax on the gross amount of all premiums collected, less premiums or premium credits returned to policyholders, on policies or contracts of insurance covering property or risks in this state and on risks and property situated in any other state in which the insurer has not paid premium tax.

(2) The tax imposed by subsection (1) of this section shall be the greater of:

(a) Five thousand dollars; or

(b)(I) One-half of one percent of the first twenty-five million dollars, plus one-quarter of one percent of the next fifty million dollars, plus one-tenth of one percent of each dollar thereafter of direct premiums collected, of the captive insurance company, plus:

(II) One-quarter of one percent of the first twenty million dollars, plus one-tenth of one percent of each dollar thereafter of assumed reinsurance premiums.

(c), (d) Deleted by Laws 1994, H.B.94-1169, § 16, eff. April 6, 1994.

(e) Premium tax shall not be payable in connection with the receipt of assets in exchange for the assumption of existing loss reserves and other liabilities.

(2.5) The minimum tax provided for in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of this section shall be due and payable on the first day of March of each fiscal year, accompanied by such forms as may be prescribed by the commissioner. The balance of the tax when payable for each fiscal year shall be paid on forms prescribed by the commissioner together with the report required under section 10-6-114(1). The commissioner may by rule require partial payments, to be made in quarterly installments, of the balance of the tax payable.

(3) The taxes provided for in this section shall constitute all taxes collectible under the laws of this state against any such captive insurance companies, and no other occupation tax or other taxes shall be levied or collected from any captive insurance company by the state or any county, city, or town within this state, except ad valorem taxes on real and personal property used in the production of income.

(4) to (8) Deleted by Laws 1994, H.B.94-1169, § 16, eff. April 6, 1994.

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